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H. DROSTE. DISPLAY RACK.

No. 544,216. Patented Aug. 6, 1896.

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HENRY DROSTE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE STEIVART &MATTSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

DISPLAY-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,216, dated August6, 1895.

Application filed April 22, 1895- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY DROSTE, a citizen of the United State's,residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Display-Racks, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists in certain improvements in that class ofdisplay-racks in which a supporting-arm, adjustable at different angles,is mounted upon a vertical post or equivalent sustaining device, theobject of my invention being to so construct such a displayrack that thesame will have but few parts, and hence can be cheaply manufactured andwill not be liable to get out of order. This object I attain in themanner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a displayrackconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional planview on the line 2 2, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a vertical section, partlyin elevation, of part of the device.

A represents a hollow vertical post or standard having a suitable baseA, whereby it may be secured to a table, shelf, counter, or otheravailable support, the top of the post having an ornamental cap A IPartially embracing the post A are the jaws a a of a clip B, these jawsbeing hinged together by a pintle b and the projecting wings of the jawsbeing drawn together by means of.

a thumb-screw 01, so that the clip can be adjusted to any desiredvertical position on the post A and secured in position after adjustment.

Cast or otherwise integrally formed with the jaw a of the clip areprojecting ears ff, within which fits snugly the hub g of thesupporting-arm D of the rack, this arm being constructed in any desiredmanner for the support of the articles to be displayed. In the presentinstance the arm is provided both in its upper and lower jaws with aseries of recesses t for the reception of rods, upon which the articlesto be displayed or hung are mounted; but this construction of the armformsno part of my invention, nor is the latter limited to suchconstruction.

The hub g of the arm D is pivoted to the ears f f by means of atransverse pin m, (shown in Fig. 2,) and extending partway Serial No.546,710. (No model.)

around the hub are teeth forming a worm-segment n, with which engages aworm 19, secured to or forming part of a shaft 19, which has at thelower end a milled head or disk 19', whereby it can be readily turned.The shaft 19' has its bearings in semicircular recesses formed in upperand lower projecting lugs s s, which extend between the ears ff at thebase of the same and project above and below the worm p, as shown inFig. 3. By this means all of the operating devices are held in positionby a single pin 1%, the lugs s sconfining the worm p in positionvertically and the engagement of the worm-segment n with the worm ppreventing any outward movement of the shaft 19 from its bearings insaid lugs. By this means the desired object is attained with the use ofa minimum number of parts and the manufacture of the structure isfacilitated and cheapened. This feature of my invention may be embodiedin structures in which the support of the ears f f is effected by meansother than the vertical post Aand clip B; but the use of the latter ispreferred, because of the facility which it affords for verticaladjustment or for the swinging of the arm D around the post to anydesired position.

Having thus described myinvention, Iclaim and desire to secure byLetters Patent The combination in a display rack, of the projecting armhaving a hub with worm segment thereon, a supporting head formed in onepiece and comprising opposite projecting ears with transverse lugsconnecting the base portions of said ears at top and bottom, each ofsaid lugs having a semicircular recess in its forward face, a transversepin whereby the hub of the arm is pivoted to the ears, and a wormengaging with the worm segment on the hub of the arm and containedbetween the upper and lower projecting lugs of the supporting head, saidworm being carried by a shaft adapted to the recesses in the lugs, andheld in position therein by the engagement of the worm segment and worm,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY DROSTE.

Witnesses:

WILL. A. BARR, HENRY HOWSON.

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